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my_o trouble_n i_o will_v call_v upon_o thou_o for_o thou_o will_v answer_v i_o i_o will_v turn_v you_o but_o to_o one_o place_n more_o psal_n 116._o which_o begin_v with_o a_o hearty_a profession_n of_o his_o affection_n to_o god_n from_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o deliverance_n as_o this_o 18_o psalm_n do_v i_o love_v the_o lord_n because_o he_o have_v hear_v my_o voice_n and_o my_o supplication_n because_o he_o have_v incline_v his_o ear_n unto_o i_o which_o suppose_v his_o former_a practice_n of_o this_o religious_a duty_n therefore_o will_v i_o call_v upon_o he_o as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v in_o my_o day_n say_v the_o margin_n viz._n all_o the_o day_n of_o
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